Mop-holder.



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MOP HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1, 1915- Patented Feb. 8,1916.-

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Application filed June 1, 1915. Serial No. 31,336.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, GEORGE WINGENDER, a citizen-of the United States, and residing at New York, in the county ofNew York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mop- Holders, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to devices for holding mops, and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class by means of which a mop of any material and of any siZe may be quickly and easily secured to the holder and as quickly and easily detached therefrom; and with this and other objects in view the invention consists in a device of the class specified, constructed and operated as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which I Figure 1 is a side view of my improved mop holder and showing a mop connected therewith. Fig. 2 a sectional side view of the mop holder and indicating the method of its operation; Fig. 3 a bottom plan view of the mop holder.

In the practice of my invention, I provide a mop holder comprising a cross head member a, the back or top portion of which is provided with a socket or sleeve a adapted to receive a handle I), and the back or top of the cross head a and the socket or sleeve a is provided with radial ribs a which serve to strengthen said parts. The opposite ends of the cross head member a are provided, in the form of construction shown, with extensions (1 and a through the latter of which is passed a screw 0 provided at its lower end with a hook 0 and on its upper end with a thumb nut 0 and I also provide a clamp, bar or rod at, one end portion of which is provided with a finger d which is preferably curved outwardly slightly and passed upwardly and loosely through the end extension (1 of the cross head member and the other end portion of which is preferably curved as shown at d Specification of Letters Patent.

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The end of the screw 0 after the thumb nut has been mounted thereon is provided with a riveted or welded'head 0 to retain the thumb nut thereon and prevent its detachment or loss,.and the end of the finger (Z of the clamp, bar or rod (Z, after it is passed through the extension a of thecross head member a, is also provided with a riveted or welded head d to prevent said clamp, bar or rod from being detached from said cross head member. The aperture v a inv the extension a of the cross head member a ls'so formed as to-permit the-movement of the finger d of the rod or bar d therethrough but the said finger closely fits .sald' aperture, and said rod or bar is free to turn in the end extension at of the cross head member.

The bottom of the cross head member a is provided with projecting teeth or prongs a and in the use of this device the end portion 6Z3 of the rod or bar d is detached from the screws 0, as shown in Fig. 2, and a mop e is suspended from said rod or bar after which the free end portion of the rod or bar cl is swung back and engaged with the hook e of the screw 0, after which the nut 0 is manipulated so as to draw the screw 0 and rod or bar d up into the position shown in Fig. 1, and securely clamp and hold the mop between said rod or bar, and the cross head member a, and in this operation the teeth or prongs a pass into the mop and also aid in holding it in proper position and prevent it from slipping between the cross head member and the clamp, rod or bar.

The finger d of the clamp, rod or bar may be passed entirely through the extension (1 of the cross head member a, as shown in Fig.2, after which the mop may be placed on the clamp, rod or bar, and said rod or bar connected with the screw 0 and drawn close up to the cross head member by means of the nut 0 or the finger 03 may be adjusted into any desired position in the extensions a of the cross head member before the clamp, rod or bar isconnected with the screw 0 and drawn into operative position,

as indicated in Fig. 2, and in this operation the finger (P will not move through the extension 41 of the cross head member but will remain in any position in said extension a into which it is adjusted, before the clamp, rod or bar is swung into and locked in operative position, and .by means of this construction a mop of any dimensions or thickness may be securely held in connection with the cross head member a by the clamp, rod or bar d.

The rod or bar (Z may be made of any dimensions and of any desired material, but is preferably made of such dimensions and of such material as will give it slightly elastic or spring qualities.

The cross head member a is preferably provided in the bottom of the handle socket or sleeve a with an aperture a to permit the insertion of a wedge or other device for securing the handle in said socket or sleeve; and from the foregoing description it will be seen that the teeth or prongs a on the bottom of the cross head member a are not necessarily essential, and said teeth or prongs may or may not be employed, and

other changes in and modifications of the construction herein described may be made, within the scope of the appended claim Without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A mop holder, comprising a cross head member, the opposite ends of which are provided with apertures and a clamp, rod or bar having an end member at an angle thereto and adapted to be passed through one of said apertures, and a screw passed through the other of said apertures and provided at one end with a hook adapted to engage the free end of the clamp, rod or bar and at the other end with a nut.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention 1 have signed my name in presence of the subscribing Witnesses this 29th day of May, 1915;

c GEORGE VVINGENDER. lVitnesses C. MULREANY, 11. E. THOMPSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for fiveeents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, 1). C. 

